Duration
9h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is organized in three chapters.
Chapter 1 : Fluid statics
Basics, Pascal and Archimedes principles, application to the troposphere.
Chapter 2 : Fluid dynamics
Ideal fluids : continuity equation, Bernoulli equation and applications, Viscous fluids : viscosity, Stokes law, Poiseuille law, Bernoulli - Poiseuille law, Reynolds number.
Chapter 3 : Radiometry (Photometry)
Wave and corpuscular Theories, variables and units, black-body radiation, radiation interception, absorption by a continuous medium.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Initiation to scientific reasoning.
- Initiation problem resolution (translation in a formal language, resolution of the formal problem, solution analysis and interpretation).
- Learning of orders of magnitude and approximations.
- Learning of fundamental physics laws.
- Use of computer to solve problems without analytical solution
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses. - Mechanics PHYS 3025 - Thermodynamics PHYS 3024 - Mathematics MATH0493 - Mathematics MATH0494 - Mathematics MATH0485
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Lectures : 9 h Practical Works : 15 h (including 6 on computer)
Recommended or required readings
Lecture notes from Prof. M. Aubinet
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination
1) Theory : multiple choices questions and open question(s)
2) Exercices
Theory and exercices are taken into account for 40% and 60% of the overall grade, respectively.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Prof. Laurent DREESEN, Institut de Physique, B5 - Sart Tilman, Tél : 04/366.30.36, fax : 04/366.36.29, e-mail : Laurent.Dreesen@ulg.ac.be
Items online
Lecture notes
Lecture note will be available on eCampus (pdf).